Monday, 14 March 2016

1001 Recipes You've Always Wanted to Cook

When
I have the time, I love to cook and although I already have hundreds of
cookbooks on my shelf at home (no, seriously!) I continue to be attracted to
new cookbooks and new recipes to try.Most recently, I had the delicious pleasure of borrowing 1001 Recipes You've Always Wanted to Cook, edited
by Heather Brown. This book actually contained 1001 recipes I’ve always wanted
to cook!

A
feature I like when I am using a new recipe is having a photo of the finished
product. I like to know what the dish is supposed to look like, mainly so I can
tell as I go along, whether things are going well or not! This book has great
colour photos of many of the dishes, which add to their mouth-watering
goodness. Another attractive feature of the recipes is their multi-unit
measurements. Each recipe offers you measurements in imperial (pounds, ounces,
cups, pints), and metric (grams, millilitres).

This
cookbook is a UK publication, but has been “Americanized” in that although the
recipes in it are some good old home cooking favourites I grew up with in the
UK, there’s not a lot of the UK language in the ingredients, and when it is
used, a definition is offered. For example, “minced beef” is clarified as
“ground beef” and “courgettes” as “zucchini.”

I
jumped right into this easy to use book and had such success with the recipes
(broccoli and goat cheese soup, green beans and almonds, chicken enchiladas….)
that I bought the book!

This
book is enhanced by its versatility and thriftiness. You won’t need to spend a
fortune to try these creations. The ingredients are not too out of the ordinary
and chances are you have most of them in your pantry, ready to be turned into a
great new dish to impress your family and friends!